A local woman is accused of withholding food from a 96-year-old man who was in her care, according to the Apopka Police Department.

Investigators said Alice Kovach, 56, is the culprit in one of the worst elderly neglect cases they had ever seen.

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Apopka police Officer Ed Chittenden said after 18 years on the force, this is the first time he’s seen anything like it.

"He looked absolutely horrible,” Chittenden said. “He was horrified. He ate like a starving dog. He looked very malnourished. The doctor likened him to someone in a Nazi concentration camp," Chittenden said.

Investigators said Kovach starved the victim in his own home and even fed him dog feces.

WESH 2 was there when Kovack bonded out of the Orange County Jail over the weekend, but she refused to speak to the press.

Police said Kovach took the 89-pound victim, who was “very dirty and malnourished,” to the hospital on Friday.

The victim was described as “skin and bones,” according to an arrest affidavit. He told doctors that his caretaker fed him “meat and dog poop.”

One doctor called the victim’s condition “homicide by starvation,” police said.

The Department of Children and Families said they began investigating Kovach and the victim two weeks ago after receiving a tip about the alleged neglect and misuse of money.

However, DCF officials said they found the house in good condition and the victim told them everything was fine.

"They are very strange neighbors. They don't come out, they don't say hi. They don't do anything,” said neighbor Paula Santullo.

The victim told police that Kovach was trying to get his trust fund in her name, according to investigators.

"He was afraid of her, because when he was in the hospital bed he was scared to death. And as we kept talking he was looking at the door, he was saying, 'Please, don't let her in. Please don't let her in,'” Chittenden said.

Kovach denied the allegations and said she was feeding the victim lobster bisque, meatloaf and macaroni, police said.

The victim remained in the hospital on Monday and requested to move into an assisted living facility after his release, authorities said. His spacious Apopka home was put on the housing market shortly after Kovach’s arrest.